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| com·ic re·lief |
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1. literature theater funny section inserted in serious work: relief from tension, or a further heightening of tension by contrast, provided by a comic scene or passage inserted into a serious work
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2. literature theater characters providing comic intervals: a character or set of characters whose function is to provide intervals of comedy in a serious work
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3. funny incident within serious situation: occasion for laughter in the midst of a tense or serious situation
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